Advanced Pain & Palliative Care Workshop

EPEC - Pediatrics

Education in Palliative and End-of-life Care

Rome - November 03-06, 2025

Program

Monday, November 3, 2025
Start End Duration Title General Session
Aquile Randagie Room
Breakout Room 1
Aquile Randagie Room
Breakout Room 2
Rosa Parks Room
Breakout Room 3
Gran Sasso Room
08:00 08:30 30 Registration
08:30 09:30 60 Welcome / Introductions / Needs-Assessment Faculty
09:30 10:30 60 Addressing Hope at Times of Clinical Uncertainty
The Goals of care discussion as a fundamental PPC intervention
Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
[Hrdličková]
10:30 10:50 20 COFFEE BREAK (San Giorgio Room)
10:50 11:50 60 What is Pediatric Palliative Care and Why Does it Matter (M01) Kristin Campbell, CPNP, ACHPN
[Friedrichsdorf]
11:50 12:45 55 LUNCH (San Giorgio Room)
12:45 13:45 60 Self Care for Professionals (M05)
Lead:Campbell
Federico Pellegatta, RN
[Remke]
Ragnhild Fretland, PhD
[Campbell]
Silvia Repovská, MD
[El Khoury]
13:45 14:45 60 Management of Respiratory Symptoms(M16)
Lead: McIntosh
Marco Bolognani, MD
[McIntosh]
Deborah Gubler, MD, MS
[Downie]
Francesca Burlo, MD
[Trková]
14:45 15:05 20 COFFEE BREAK (San Giorgio Room)
15:05 16:05 60 Grief and Bereavement (M04) Stacy Remke, LiCSW
[Morvant]
16:05 16:20 15 Q & A Faculty
16:20 17:50 90 Evening Social “The PPC Spirit Animal Competition”
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Start End Duration Title General Session
Aquile Randagie Room
Breakout Room 1
Aquile Randagie Room
Breakout Room 2
Rosa Parks Room
Breakout Room 3
Gran Sasso Room
08:15 08:30 15 Registration
08:30 08:45 15 Reflection & Announcements
08:45 10:10 85 Multimodal Analgesia & Opioid Prescribing Workshop (M10) Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
[Hrdličková]
10:10 10:30 20 COFFEE BREAK (San Giorgio Room)
10:30 11:30 60 Team Collaboration and Effectiveness (M06)
Lead: Hrdličková
Gražina Kokešová Kleinová, PhD
[Friedrichsdorf]
Ulrike Schloderer, MD
[Remke]
Federico Pellegatta, RN
[Campbell]
11:30 12:30 60 Management of Neurological Symptoms (M18)
Lead: Downie
Ragnhild Fretland, PhD & Katarina Trková, MD
[El Khoury]
Silvia Repovská, MD & Alexis Morvant, MD
[McIntosh]
Marco Bolognani, MD
[Downie]
12:30 13:25 55 LUNCH (San Giorgio Room)
13:25 14:25 60 Chronic Complex Pain (M14)
Lead: El Khoury
Deborah Gubler, MD, MS
[Trková]
Francesca Burlo, MD
[Morvant]
Gražina Kokešová Kleinová, PhD & Diana McIntosh, MD
[Hrdličková]
14:25 15:25 60 Opioid Selection and Opioid Rotation (M11) Joe El Khoury, MD
[Friedrichsdorf]
15:25 15:45 20 COFFEE BREAK (San Giorgio Room)
15:45 16:45 60 Management of Emotional and Behavioral Symptoms (M17) Lucie Hrdličková, MD & Kristin Campbell, CPNP, ACHPN
[Remke]
16:45 17:00 15 Q & A Faculty
17:00 18:00 60 Family Centered Care (M03)
Lead: Remke
Ulrike Schloderer
[Campbell]
Federico Pellegatta, RN
[El Khoury]
Ragnhild Fretland, PhD
[McIntosh]
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Start End Duration Title General Session
Aquile Randagie Room
Breakout Room 1
Aquile Randagie Room
Breakout Room 2
Rosa Parks Room
Breakout Room 3
Gran Sasso Room
08:15 08:30 15 Registration
08:30 08:45 15 Reflection & Announcements
08:45 09:45 60 Management of Refractory Distress (M19) Jonathan Downie, MD
[Trková]
09:45 10:45 60 Procedural Pain Management Strategies (M13) Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
[Downie]
10:45 11:15 30 COFFEE BREAK (San Giorgio Room)
11:15 12:15 60 Management of Gastrointestinal Symptoms (M15)
Lead: Trková
Silvia Repovská, MD & Jonathan Downie, MD
[Hrdličková]
Marco Bolognani, MD
[Morvant]
Deborah Gubler, MD, MS
[Campbell]
12:15 12:45 30 “SPIKES” and “NURSE”: Sharing difficult news and reacting to emotions (Module 7)
Lead: Friedrichsdorf
Lucie Hrdličková, MD
[Remke]
Kateřina Trková, MD
[El Khoury]
Kristin Campbell, CPNP, ACHPN
[Friedrichsdorf]
12:45 13:40 55 LUNCH (San Giorgio Room)
13:40 15:40 120 Communication and Planning (M07)
Lead: Friedrichsdorf
Alexis Morvant, MD & Lucie Hrdličková, MD
[Remke]
Diana McIntosh, MD & Kateřina Trková, MD
[El Khoury]
Jonathan Downie, MD & Kristin Campbell, CPNP, ACHPN
[Friedrichsdorf]
15:40 15:55 15 COFFEE BREAK (San Giorgio Room)
15:55 16:55 60 Neuropathic Pain Management and Adjuvant Analgesia (M12) Diana McIntosh, MD
[Downie]
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Start End Duration Title General Session
Aquile Randagie Room
Breakout Room 1
Aquile Randagie Room
Breakout Room 2
Rosa Parks Room
Breakout Room 3
Gran Sasso Room
08:15 08:30 15 Registration
08:30 08:45 15 Reflection & Announcements
08:45 09:45 60 Methadone: Taming the Shrew (M24) Alexis Morvant, MD & Stacy Remke, LiCSW
[Trková]
09:45 10:45 60 Integrative Medicine & Magic Glove (M21) Stefan Friedrichsdorf, MD
[Downie]
10:45 11:00 15 COFFEE BREAK (San Giorgio Room)
11:00 12:00 60 Caring for the Imminently Dying Child and Their Family (M20)
Lead: Morvant
Francesca Burlo, MD & Alexis Morvant, MD
[Hrdličková]
Gražina Kokešová Kleinová, PhD & Diana McIntosh, MD
[Campbell]
Ulrike Schloderer, MD & Stacy Remke, LiCSW
[Trková]
12:00 12:40 40 LUNCH (San Giorgio Room)
12:40 13:40 60 Child Development (M02) Kateřina Trková, MD & Stacy Remke, LiCSW [Downie]
13:40 14:10 30 Q&A, Teachback, Farewell & Next Steps Faculty